Kenyans have paid MPs Sh1.2 billion for illegal house allowance

Attorney General Paul Kihara Kariuki. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Kenyans have paid MPs Sh1.2 billion for house allowance without the approval of Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), the High Court was told yesterday.

Attorney General Kihara Kariuki, in his response to a row between SRC and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) over allowances, said taxpayers have shouldered Sh104 million every month for lawmakers’ house allowance.